Microchips Everywhere: a Future Vision
By TODD LEWAN
The Associated Press
Saturday, January 26, 2008
MICROCHIP-CANCER REPORT
Microchip-Induced
Tumors in Laboratory Rodents and Dogs: A Review of the Literature 1990–2006
by Katherine Albrecht, Ed.D.
Released November 19, 2007
>>
Associated Press article spotlights VeriChip controversy...
Human-Chipping Protest and Prayer Vigil
| May 12, 2007
>> click
here to view slide show
4/29/07
EAS/RFID: Urgent development affecting RFID and consumer privacy...
AMERICAN EXPRESS ADDRESSES RFID PEOPLE TRACKING
PLANS
Promises Full Patent Review, Tracking Notice, and
Chip-Free Option
>> press
release...
 OOPS!
DID VERICHIP HAVE A "SENIOR MOMENT?"
Human Chipping Company Omits Salient Risks
from IPO Disclosure
>> click
here to read the press release
SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE MEMBER DENOUNCES
"NO-SWIPE" CREDIT CARDS
"It's About Time," says CASPIAN
>> press
release...
Advertisers
Try New Ways to Get Into Your Head | December
16, 2006
"If your HMO had a record of your nutritional health profile,
they could use that info to raise your rates…" —Katherine Albrecht
>> click
here for the complete ABC TV news interview…
 December
11, 2006
Attorney Heidi Boghosian interviewed Liz McIntyre
for a half-hour segment on WBAI's Law and Disorder…
>> click
here to listen (.mp3 format)
December 15, 2006
Liz McIntyre was featured in an INN
World Report segment | >>
video...
Internet News | December 1, 2006 | by Erin
Joyce
"RFID sort of lends itself to a surreptitious tracking
model, simply because of the way the tech operates, silently and through
radio waves. If people have an interest in surreptitious tracking, RFID
is a natural candidate."
>> click
here to read Katherine Albrecht's in-depth
interview
No
matter where patients go, chip lets hospital know
Surveillance draws praise and worry
"When you get down to it, it's Big Brother," McIntyre said, alluding
to George Orwell's book 1984 about absolute government control. "I don't
know how many people want to be monitored 24/7."
>> click
here to read the article
City
tests digital limits in SKorea
The Associated Press | November 22, 2006
| by Anthony Deutsch
"Songdo City's anonymous tracking infrastructure could quickly be turned
to new purposes, and its people could become virtual prisoners of their
own technological creations…" —Liz McIntyre
>> click
here to read the article
 TOMMY
THOMPSON: THE "CHIPPER" PRESIDENT?
Election Bid Raises Specter of RFID Implant Threat
click
here to read the press release...
CONSUMER
WATCHDOGS DEMAND RECALL OF SPYCHIPPED CREDIT CARDS
CASPIAN Advises Consumers to Immediately Remove
Cards from Wallets
>> press
release...
Security researchers find
RFID-equipped cards vulnerable...
"SPYCHIPS" PAPERBACK RELEASED
BY PENGUIN/ PLUME
Authors Predict Public Backlash as
RFID Plans Reach Consumers En Masse
>> click
here to read the press release
TSA CONCEPT VIDEO SHOWS FUTURE RFID-ENABLED
AIRPORT Spychips in Passports May be Just
the Start, Warn Privacy Advocates
>> click
here to read the press release
Orwellian RFID Tracking Video; Press Banned from Conference
On the eve of a major RFID apparel and footwear conference,
privacy activists are asking questions about an Orwellian industry video
presentation depicting the use of Radio Frequency Identification at an
American Eagle Outfitters store...
>> press
release | >> RFID
demo video
 WISCONSIN
BANS FORCED HUMAN RFID CHIPPING Groundbreaking
Law Spotlights Opposition to VeriChip
Wisconsin's new law was introduced as Assembly
Bill 290 by Representative Marlin D. Schneider (D) and was passed
unanimously by both houses of the Wisconsin State Legislature. The law
makes it illegal to require an individual to have a microchip implant
and subjects a violator to a fine of up to $10,000 per day...
>> click
here to read the press release
CASPIAN also supports anti-chipping legislation like the law passed in
Wisconsin...
>> Contact
your
elected representatives to request their
sponsorship.
>> Forward
Assembly
Bill 290 [PDF] to
legislators in your state.
>> Similar
legislation has now been introduced in Ohio,
Colorado,
North
Dakota, and Oklahoma (with
both House
and Senate
bills)
Chips Espias!
A Spanish-language
version of the award-winning book
"Spychips: How Major Corporations and
Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID" is
now available in Latin American countries including Mexico, Colombia,
Panama, Venezuela, and Chile... >>
click here to read the press release | >>
ChipsEspias.com
 VERICHIP
INJECTS ITSELF INTO IMMIGRATION DEBATE
Company Pushes RFID Implants for Immigrants, Guest Workers
Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip
Corporation, has alarmed civil libertarians by promoting the company's
subcutaneous human tracking device as a way to identify immigrants and
guest workers...
>> read
the press release | >>
VeriChip
photos...
>>
transcript
of the Fox interview with Scott Silverman
>> French-translated
version of the press release...
 Worldwide
reaction to Levi's RFID spychipping initiative...
Privacy advocates across the globe are sounding-off on spychipping
of clothing. Our recent Levi's story is generating responses in places
such as Australia, India, and Europe...
>> From
Germany, 294 comments
so far!
>> Here's the English translation.
>> what
our readers are saying: page
1 |
2 | 3
| 4
 RFID
and the Telescreen | May 14, 2006
Ubisense
combines the remote tracking power of Radio Frequency Identification with
a modern-day version of the telescreen from George Orwell's novel 1984,
says Liz McIntyre, commenting at FreeMarketNews.
>> click
here to listen (starts at 4:04 minutes)
>> click
here to learn more about Ubisense
Technically
Speaking
An
Interview With Katherine Albrecht, Author & RFID Watchdog
Computer Power User | May 8, 2006 | by Barry
Brenesal
 CPU:
What is your main concern about RFID technology?
Albrecht: Its an incredibly powerful technology that easily lends
itself to abuse. RFID readers can be placed invisibly in the environment.
RFID tags can be placed on clothes and in peoples belongings. And maybe
the most worrisome part is that the companies that are aiming to put the
readers in the environment and the tags into peoples belongings have spelled
out some pretty frightening plans for how they hope to abuse the technology
literally to use it to spy on people..." >> click
here to read more...
 SPYCHIPS
NAMED THE 2005 "BEST BOOK ON LIBERTY"
Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track
Your Every Move with RFID has been named winner of the Lysander
Spooner Award for Advancing the Literature of Liberty by Laissez Faire
Books. Authors Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre will share in the prize
for the "top book on liberty for the year." >>
click here to read more!
AUTOGRAPHED COPIES OF THE BOOK, "SPYCHIPS…"
Katherine Albrecht, co-author of "Spychips:
How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with
RFID" is offering personally-autographed copies of this award-winning
bestseller! Available individually or as case (24). >>
read what
critics are saying about "Spychips..."
Also available from Katherine: "On the Brink of the Mark" and "RFID:
Tracking Everything, Everywhere" in DVD or VHS format. >>
click
here for the book/video order form!
Our friends at
FoeBuD in Germany have translated Spychips Chapter One into German here:
http://www.foebud.org/rfid/kapitel-1-spychips
 PROTEST!
New
Hampshire is the second state to protest Wal-Mart's use of RFID.
26 granite state residents say "no" to item-level
tagging.
Bedford, New Hampshire November 5, 2005, Wal-Mart
"In New Hampshire we live free. We don't want RFID!"
 PROTEST!
Texas
Residents say "no" to Wal-Mart's dangerous
RFID agenda.
More than 70 anti-RFID protesters turned out
to say "NO!" to spychips
Dallas, Texas October 15, 2005, Wal-Mart Super Center
Click
here for TV coverage. Our
press release explains
 CHALLENGE: SPOT THE SPYCHIP!
Photos of Item-Level RFID Tagging
Wal-Mart Super Center, Dallas, Texas October 15, 2005
Can
you find the spychips on the Wal-Mart shelf? We bet you can't!
What is RFID?
How "spychips" pose
a threat to your privacy
photographs of
RFID tags: page
1 | page
2
What should be done?
CASPIAN's
Proposed Legislation would require labeling on products containing RFID
CASPIAN's
Joint Position Statement requests limits on business and government use
of RFID
Stop RFIDs in California IDs Tell Your
Lawmakers to Vote "YES" to SB 768
California
residents, click here to find out more.
CASPIAN Launches Worldwide Tesco Boycott!
Consumers react
as retailer flaunts expanding use of RFID
Business Week Article:
"Industry
is finally getting the message: RFID is fine for pallets of goods in a
warehouse, but not for people."
CIO Magazine Article:
Customers
to Retailers: "Take us Seriously"
Privacy Advocates Turn up the Pressure
Scandals
DHS
Wants Beefed up RFID To Silently ID People 25 Feet Away
The
VeriChip Can be Cloned, May Not Work When Needed
Ex-HHS
Head Puts Off Being Chipped Despite July Promise
Ex-Bush
cabinet member praises & recommends VeriChip
CASPIAN
uncovers Government RFID Promotion Scheme
Mexican
Chipping Overstated (CASPIAN reveals 18 officials chipped, not 160)
FDA
letter outlines serious health risks from VeriChip human implants
Censored!
CASPIAN told to remove incriminating RFID tagging photos
Photos
of chipped CVS products, Kleenex, Huggies baby wipes
Calvin
Klein and other clothing labels with hidden RFID tags
Mexican
Attorney General and staff take RFID implants
Wal-Mart
is RFID tagging in Texas! Call 1-800-Wal-Mart to complain!
Industry Attempt to Smear RFID Activist Katherine
Albrecht
Grocery Manufacturers
of America and Gillette CEO asked to explain
CASPIAN finds embarrassing confidential RFID
documents
Talk
of "pacifying" consumers, hoping for "apathy," and bringing lawmakers
into the "inner circle." CASPIAN asks "How can we trust these people with
our personal data?"
Metro "Future Store" hides RFID in shopper cards
Protest
and backlash force a recall
Wal-Mart, P&G
Caught in Secret RFID Test
Consumers
used as guinea pigs for controversial technology
Please direct any spychips.com technical problems
to website
management
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Experts Join to Oppose RFID
